Public Enemies.
Michael Mann seems incapable of making a film under 2.5 hours. That being said, this one seemed to pretty much fly by (some slow parts during the middle half though). When you see a gangster picture you tend to compare it to others. It’s not better than Goodfellas or Scarface, but those movies were more about the actual gangster lifestyle. This movie is a cat and mouse game with Purvis (working under J Edgar Hoover) and Dillinger. I liked that. Most of the time you really don’t get a sense for how the police are capturing these well known criminals. They find “evidence” and then there’s a shoot out or something. But in this one you really got to see what they were doing, AND the shootout.
Let me tell you something here boys…the Tommy Gun has to be the BEST ON SCREEN WEAPON!!! I mean the sound and pure repetitive gunfire was just too cool. I mean bloody hell man that gun is a bastard!!!!!! The shootout at Dillinger’s hideout is pretty darn good, and it takes place at night, which to me is a sure fire way to make me hate a gun battle, but this one was really good!!!!
All in all this was a really enjoyable movie for me. I liked Bale and Depp, and just the way they didn’t try to make Dillinger into this “good guy” or Bale as a “bad guy”. They were just who they were. Sometimes Dillinger was nice, sometimes he was death. Sometimes Purvis had to call in the big guns (boys from Texas), and sometimes he had to let them get rough (beating up women too!). That’s the way it’s gotta be done! The Chicago way.
3.5/5
--J-KraKen--[>
Michael Mann seems incapable of making a film under 2.5 hours. That being said, this one seemed to pretty much fly by (some slow parts during the middle half though). When you see a gangster picture you tend to compare it to others. It’s not better than Goodfellas or Scarface, but those movies were more about the actual gangster lifestyle. This movie is a cat and mouse game with Purvis (working under J Edgar Hoover) and Dillinger. I liked that. Most of the time you really don’t get a sense for how the police are capturing these well known criminals. They find “evidence” and then there’s a shoot out or something. But in this one you really got to see what they were doing, AND the shootout.
Let me tell you something here boys…the Tommy Gun has to be the BEST ON SCREEN WEAPON!!! I mean the sound and pure repetitive gunfire was just too cool. I mean bloody hell man that gun is a bastard!!!!!! The shootout at Dillinger’s hideout is pretty darn good, and it takes place at night, which to me is a sure fire way to make me hate a gun battle, but this one was really good!!!!
All in all this was a really enjoyable movie for me. I liked Bale and Depp, and just the way they didn’t try to make Dillinger into this “good guy” or Bale as a “bad guy”. They were just who they were. Sometimes Dillinger was nice, sometimes he was death. Sometimes Purvis had to call in the big guns (boys from Texas), and sometimes he had to let them get rough (beating up women too!). That’s the way it’s gotta be done! The Chicago way.
3.5/5
--J-KraKen--[>
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